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Tag: Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo Da Vinci

Descendants of Leonardo found, research says

Monday, April 11, 2016 Editorial Staff Arts

The art historian Alessandro Vezzosi will announce in Vinci (Florence) on April 14, 2016, that he had found the living descendants of Leonardo da Vinci.

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Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci

Experts Uncovered a maybe Russian Mona Lisa

Thursday, December 10, 2015 Editorial Staff Arts

Art experts are examining whether a painting in a private collection in St. Petersburg may be a previously undiscovered masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci.

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Founding the real Mona Lisa in Sant'Orsola, Florence

Found in Sant’Orsola a very likely Mona Lisa

Saturday, September 26, 2015 Editorial Staff News

The remains of the sitter for Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa have very likely been found in a Florence convent, but DNA evidence to clinch the find will only be available thanks to technology that doesn’t yet exist.

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Expo2015 denied Leonardo's Annunciation

#Expo2015 denied Leonardo’s Annunciation

Tuesday, February 17, 2015 Editorial Staff News

The Expo 2015 world’s fair has been denied Leonardo da Vinci’s Annunciation for a show on the Renaissance genius during the May to October event.

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Isabella D'este by Leonardo Da Vinci painting seized in Lugan

Isabella d’Este di Leonardo sequestrata in Svizzera

Tuesday, February 10, 2015 Editorial Staff Italiano

Un dipinto perduto attribuibile a Leonardo da Vinci sequestrato in Svizzera è un ritratto della marchesa Isabella d’Este di Mantova, lo ha comunicato oggi il nucleo artistico della polizia italiana.

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Isabella D'este by Leonardo Da Vinci painting seized in Lugan

Found Leonardo portrait of Isabella d’Este

Tuesday, February 10, 2015 Editorial Staff Arts

A lost painting attributable to Leonardo da Vinci seized in Switzerland is a portrait of Mantua Marchesa Isabella d’Este, one of the leading patrons of the Italian Renaissance.

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Da Vinci machines in Florida

Da Vinci’s Machines from Florence enchant Florida (VIDEO)

Sunday, April 27, 2014 Editorial Staff Life

The Da Vinci Machines Exhibition, which opened in mid-November at the Bradenton Municipal Auditorium (Bradenton Islands, Florida, USA) has extended its stay through July 7.

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Tavola Doria displayed at the Uffizi Gallery

Saturday, April 5, 2014 Editorial Staff Arts

A hundred days to see the so-called Tavola Doria in the Uffizi, a copy of the Battle of Anghiari by Leonardo da Vinci.

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Mona Lisa

Tests could confirm Mona Lisa model’s identity

Tuesday, February 18, 2014 Editorial Staff Arts

Italian experts are closing in on conclusive evidence of the identity of the sitter for Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, one of the most iconic works in the history of art.

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Michelangelo design copied from Leonardo

Sunday, February 3, 2013 Editorial Staff Arts

An art scholar suggests Michelangelo copied fellow artist Leonardo da Vinci in the design of a great gilded copper ball once placed atop Florence’s basilica of San Lorenzo. Vincenzo Vaccaro, an official with the Superintendence for Architectural Heritage of Florence, made the claim last week y in the Medici Chapels.

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